 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.  The North American Review - Page 1571880Full view - About this book
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 448 pages
...ver. 5. I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees, ver. 6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...6. " Then I looked on all the works that my hands bad wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured or him as kindly spread the flowery lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Ver. 11. " I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 364 pages
...made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees." — Ver. 6. " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit ; and there was... | |
 | Mrs. Taylor (Ann Martin) - Children - 1821 - 246 pages
...like him, I got me servants and maidens, and I had silver and gold in abundance : but " when I had looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do, behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1829 - 370 pages
...women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on all the labor that I had labored to do, and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there... | |
 | Mrs. Taylor (Ann Martin) - American fiction - 1822 - 156 pages
...— like him, I got me servants and maidens, and I had silver and gold in abundance: bHit "when I had looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, behold all was^anity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun! — therefore I... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Ver. 11. I gat me men-singers, and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...Ver. 5. I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bnngeth forth trees. Ver. 6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was... | |
 | Arminianism - 1858 - 1194 pages
...the rainbow ; but they are dispersed by the lightest breeze. " I looked," says the royal Preacher, " on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was... | |
 | George Holden - Bible - 1822 - 316 pages
...this was my portion, the only thing that accrued to me, of all my labour, 1 l*that I looked and mused on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do in expectation of obtaining happiness from luxury and selfindulgence;... | |
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